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Recent Examples of pothole
How to drive safely and report potholes Hitting a pothole could cause serious damage to your car tires, wheels and shocks.
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Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
The best way to report a pothole to the city is with the My Fort Worth (MyFW) app, which is available on the App Store and Google Play.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Jan. 2026
Many Michigan cities also have pothole report numbers.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Hitting a pothole with worn or underinflated tires can present a greater risk of incurring wheel or suspension damage.
—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
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Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
The best way to report a pothole to the city is with the My Fort Worth (MyFW) app, which is available on the App Store and Google Play.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Jan. 2026
Many Michigan cities also have pothole report numbers.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Hitting a pothole with worn or underinflated tires can present a greater risk of incurring wheel or suspension damage.
—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pothole
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Snow shortfalls reached record territory across the mountains as drought in the Colorado River basin has only intensified.—
Naema Ahmed,
Washington Post,
27 Feb. 2026
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Schrodinger basin, a large impact crater near the moon’s south pole, shows evidence of geologically recent volcanic activity.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Feb. 2026
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In the Sentinel-2 satellites' orbital view, Doñana's wetlands appear as shifting patches of dark blue and violet, signatures of shallow water spread across the park's floodplain.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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Tucked in an alcove of the limestone cliffs high above the floodplain of Beaver Creek, the five-story structure built in the twelfth century makes an imposing sight.—
Roger Naylor,
AZCentral.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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Her remains were discovered in a ravine in White House, Tennessee, several months later.—
Monroe Trombly,
Louisville Courier Journal,
27 Feb. 2026
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Sapporo's residents are no less obsessed with onsen culture than other Japanese, as Elijah and I discovered during an overnight trip to Jozankei, which straddles a scenic ravine over the Toyohira River near Shikotsu-Tōya National Park, a 45-minute drive from central Sapporo.—
Alex Halberstadt,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Feb. 2026
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Altogether, Saguaro is 92,000 acres, with mountains, canyons, 200 miles of hiking trails, and iconic cacti that can grow to be 50 feet tall.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
23 Feb. 2026
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The vacation spots on this list are romantic, but they’re also designed for duo travel—whether that looks like pairing up with a partner to rappel down canyons in Dominica, trying twice as many dishes on a pintxo crawl in San Sebastian, or co-marveling at South African sunsets.—
Jessica Sulima,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Feb. 2026
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Depending on the brand, kettle corn is typically made with ingredients such as corn syrup, sugar, butter, salt, canola oil, and soy lecithin (an emulsifier or texture enhancer).—
Lauren Panoff,
Verywell Health,
27 Feb. 2026
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It’s designed for customized pour-over control and accounts for variables other electric kettles can’t touch, like brew type, steep time, and even altitude.—
Francesca Krempa,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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Does Thunder’s saddle come with a seatbelt?—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
25 Feb. 2026
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The horse now stands upright with its head pushing out from the back of its saddle.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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The bus plunged into a 3-meter (10-foot) -wide ice crevasse, Russia’s Emergencies Ministry reported.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Feb. 2026
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History podcasts, because of their ability to plunge into the crevasses of history, the power of the audio narrative, and the intellectual resolve of entrepreneurial podcasters have become a popular and formidable resource.—
Frank Racioppi,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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The gorge acts as a natural channel funneling through rain runoff often creating an intriguing mix of wildflowers.—
Roger Naylor,
AZCentral.com,
21 Feb. 2026
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Stone villages cling to hillsides above orchards while rivers slice through limestone gorges below.—
Rob Crossan,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Pothole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pothole. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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